Holder for sales-checks.



Patented May l5, I900.

S; LIEBMAN.

HOLDER FOR SALES CHECKS.

(Application filed Dec 12, IBQQJ (No Model.)

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SANDERS LIEBMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO AARON LIE illl'A'N,

' OF SAME PLACE.

HOLDER FOR $ALES- 'CHECKS SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 649,736, dated May 15, 1900. Application filed December 12, 1899.Serial No. 740,041. (Ne model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SANDERS LIEBMAN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders forSales-Checks,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for holding salescheeks; and theinvention consists mainlyin such construction of the device that a stackor bunch of checks having coupons may be firmly locked in the device bya rotating clamp-bar journaled in the frame and arranged when in oneposition to exert a bind ing pressure on the stack of checks and when inanother position to release said checks for removal from the device orfor allowing other checks to be put in place.

The invention also consists in providing the device with an indicatingapparatus or tell tale which shall indicate each act of operating theclamp, so that any effort at fraudulent use of the device may bedetected.

The invention also consists in the construction, arrangement, andcombination of the parts of the device, all as hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, to which reference is made and which forma part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front elevaof my newcheck-l1older. Fig. 2 is a plan Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view on liney 'y of Fig. 1, and Fig. i is a like view on line a: an of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, 2 represents a box or frame having a back 3, sides at5, bottom 6, and a top 7. A shelf 8, preferably of metal, is applied tothe bottom 6, which reaches out to the front of the holder, forsupporting the checks 9 or that portion of them which is to be torn offfrom the coupons 10. In the box or frame 2 is journaled a clamp 12,which, as here shown, is an eccentric or flattened bar of metaljournaled at its ends in the walls of the box or frame. One end of thesaid clamp is provided with an arbor 13, to which a key or lever may beapplied for rotating the clamp. Being flattened on both sides, bothedges of the clamp act as binding edges against the coupons, theopposite side of the coupons being retained by the wall or frame of theholder; but it is manifest that an cecentric clamp might be used inplace of the flattened bar, if desired, and without departing from thescope of my ivention.

In constructing the box or frame I prefer to form it with a smallseparate compartment 14, which incloses an indicating device or telltaleconnected to be operated by the turning of the bar 12. This indicatingdevice may be variously constructed, and I do not limit myself to anyspecial construction of the same. The device I prefer to employ is shownclearly in Fig. 4-, the same consisting of a pinion 15 on the axis ofthe bar 12 and three intermeshing gear-wheels 16, 17, and 18, the gear16 meshing with the pinion 15, as shown. The surfaces of the gear wheels16 17 18 are marked with letters, or numbers may be used in place of theletters, the same being arranged to register with apertures 19, 20, and21 in the supplemental wall 7 of the box or frame. A spring-pawl 22 isapplied to the pinion 15 to prevent backward rotation. When the bar isrotated to its clamping position, a certain combination of figuresappears in the apertures 19, 20, and 21, and this combination changeswith each operation of the clamping bar, so that if the bar be rotatedby a person unauthorized to do so the fact is made inanifest by thechange in the combination, and hence the device cannot be fraudulentlyused without almost certain detection.

The check-holder may be attached to the person of the user in anydesired way. As here shown, it is adapted to be attached to a belt 23 bymeans of openings 24 24: in the wall 5, and headed studs 25 25, attachedto a plate 26, fastened to the belt. The plate 26 may be provided withside flanges 27, which embrace the lJOX or frame, as shown clearly inFig. 3, and hold it against lateral displacement.

Ilaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A. holder for sales-checls, the same consisting of a frame providedat the bottom with a shelf and at the top with a chamber having openingsin the upper wall thereof, and hav ing a side wall-in combination with arotatajournaled in the top and bottom of said frame one journal of saidbar projecting beyond the frame and made square for the application of akey for turning the same, the Wall opposite the bar serving inconnection with the bar to clamp the coupons of sales-checks,substantially as described.

SANDERS LIEBMAN. Witnesses:

H. A. WEST, A. LIEBMAN.

